1.  The Spanish troops, European and native, capitulate with the city and its defenses, with all the honors of war, depositing their arms in the places designated by the authorities of the United States, and remaining in the quarters designated and under the orders of their officers, and subject to the control of the aforesaid United States authorities, until the conclusion of a treaty of peace between the two belligerent nations.

All persons included in the capitulation remain at liberty, the officers remaining in their respective homes, which shall be respected as long as they observe the regulations prescribed for their government and the laws in force.

2.  Officers shall retain their side arms, horses, and private property.

3.  All public horses and public property of all kinds shall be turned over to staff officers designated by the United States.

4.  Complete returns in duplicate of men by organizations, and full lists of public property and stores shall be rendered to the United States within ten days from this date.

5.  All questions relating to the repatriation of officers and men of the Spanish forces and of their families, and of the expenses which said repatriation may occasion, shall be referred to the Government of the United States at Washington.

Spanish families may leave Manila at any time convenient to them.

The return of the arms surrendered by the Spanish forces shall take place when they evacuate the city or when the American Army evacuates.

6.  Officers and men included in the capitulation shall be supplied by the United States, according to their rank, with rations and necessary aid as though they were prisoners of war, until the conclusion of a treaty of peace between the United States and Spain.

All the funds in the Spanish treasury and all other public funds shall be turned over to the authorities of the United States.

7.  This city, its inhabitants, its churches and religious worship, its educational establishments, and its private property of all descriptions are placed under the special safeguard of the faith and honor of the American Army.

F.V.  Greene, Brigadier-General of Volunteers, United States Army.

B.P.  Lamberton, Captain, United States Navy.

Charles A. Whittier, Lieutenant-Colonel and Inspector-General.

E.H.  Crowder, Lieutenant-Colonel and Judge-Advocate.

Nicholas de la Petra, Auditor General Excmo.

Carlos, Coronel de Ingenieros.

Jose, Coronel de Estado Major.

The Spaniards wanted a long array of specifications as to what the Americans might and should not do, but finally were struck with the sufficiency of the shining simple words, “under the special safeguard of the faith and honor of the American Army.”

CHAPTER XI